Questions tagged [colors]
Questions related to screen/app colour problems on display devices running Ubuntu.
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How do I make dialog boxes readable on 23.04 and change menu type?
After installing a 1TB IDE (not SATA) SSD, I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 23.04 (just Ubuntu, not Kubuntu, Lubuntu or any other flavor) on an old laptop and selected the Light theme during ...
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How does Firefox detect light/dark theme change on KDE systems?
I have a few cron jobs which switch between light and dark themes automatically on my KDE system (for those interested, there's the lookandfeeltool where I simply switch between global light and dark ...
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Is there a WACG color contrast checker for terminal?
I searched and found this post that shows how to install a color contrast checker for Ubuntu (for WACG).
However, I want to be able to automate the color-checking process as part of a CI/CD pipeline.
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Setting the color for warnings from journalctl output
The journalctl command will color-code its messages. From its manual page:
When outputting to a tty, lines are colored according to priority: lines of level ERROR and higher are colored red; lines of ...
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Problem with dual-monitor color calibration
I'm trying to calibrate my monitors using the recommended procedure: I plug in my colorimeter, open settings, click on color, click on the monitor, click Calibrate... and follow the prompts.
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Folder color not working
I've installed folder color in Ubuntu 20.04, GNOME using:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:costales/folder-color
sudo apt install folder-color -y
nautilus -q
but it only allows me to change emblems, not ...
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How do I script changing the color scheme in gnome-terminal?
How do I script changing from the light mode to the dark mode?
In it GUI I do this:
preferences>profiles>Unnamed>Colors>Bultin-in schemes (here I choose either black-on-white or white-on-...
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How to make redshift even more red in Ubuntu MATE 22.04? [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu MATE 22.04. Towards night, redshift sets a color temperature of 4500K.
How to reduce the color temperature even further? Unlike the Night Light feature in GNOME/KDE, Redshift does ...
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rare submenu behaviour
I use Ubuntu Studio 22.04.1 LTS.
Since a while (a month, or something) I can see a very rare behaviour of the submenu of some apps.
Normally, I hope to get a standard list, with grey (or something but ...
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How to change color in the app switch window in Ubuntu 22.04?
When I switch between applications using ALT + TAB, a small window appears in the middle of the screen and lets me choose another application.
My problem is that the color of the highlighted ...
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Vim on Konsole turns selected word invisible
Recently (I would say, after the last big KDE Neon update) whenever I use Vim on Konsole, when I put the cursor at the start of a word the word turns invisible, or rather it becomes the same color as ...
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Terminal color differences in AWS vs Azure Ubuntu VMs
I am seeking for some help.
I have AWS VMs with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and when I am using SSH I have nice colorful terminal. On the other side Azure VMs with Ubunu 20.04 LTS are almost without any color in ...
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What does a blue Wavelan plugin icon mean?
The Wavelan icon on my panel is sometimes blue and sometimes white. I am just curious as to what the two colors mean, or if there are other colors that ever show up.
I am running 64-bit Xubuntu 22.04....
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Change Blank Space Color of Scaled Wallpaper
If you set your wallpaper that is not the same scale as your screen, and set it to scaled mode on gnome-tweaks. You get a wallpaper with blank spaces. In windows, this blank spaces could be filled ...
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What does blue highlighted text mean?
This is what I see when I run ls in /var/mail:
I am asking about those vbk files in particular.
Google is telling me that it's an executable, but it can't be. They should be log files. All the other ...
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Is there an alternative to Redshift that allows for more customization like exact times where the display starts to shift color & transition duration?
I am very new to Linux, so I apologize if my question is obvious to many people. I don't know if this is relevant, since I am still learning, but I am using the distro "pop! OS", which is ...
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The second screen with hdmi displays incorrect colors
When I connect a monitor by HDMI cable with my laptop a faced a problem with Color that not compatible with laptop screen.
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Washed out colors on Ubuntu 20.04?
I have a seemingly common issue with washed out colors on Ubuntu. I'm using HDMI 2.1 and things were fine until today, and all of the sudden after disconnecting the cable and reconnecting colors ...
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Accent Colors not Changing Shell Theme and Certain Applications
Hello everyone I just upgraded to 22.04 LTS and I noticed that the accent color changer only applies to the application theme and icon theme, but not the GNOME UI Shell theme. The corresponding shell ...
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How to change display pixel format from YCbCr 4:4:4 to Full RGB 4:4:4
My monitor is displaying everything in pink-green color
I had same issue in Windows but fixed it by changing display's pixel format from YCbCr 4:4:4 to Full RGB 4:4:4 in AMD Radeon software. But how ...
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How can I reset the Cinnamon Desktop to its default colour scheme?
Shortly after upgrading to Ubuntu 22.10 with Cinnamon Desktop, I somehow inadvertently ended up with a rather tacky blue-green tinted colour theme, which I have been unable to change. The tint is ...
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Vim Color scheme only works with sudo
Installed Gruvbox Material theme for vim. But color scheme does not load with normal vim, only sudo vim. Have tried with stock color schemes as well: none display correctly normal vim, only display ...
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How to have light theme with dark window titlebar on Ubuntu 22.04?
I have updated my Ubuntu to 22.04.1 version and with this new version of gnome I can't change the color of Window Title Bar. So, in the older version, the Yaru theme (example) the title bar looks like:...
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Can I change the character colors that is used in ctags candidate listing?
When I use a certain theme in my 'terminator' setting, the tag candidate list uses colors that I don't want so I can't see them clearly when I'm working remotely. The figure is like this.
How can I ...
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Can I change the mouse pointer color?
I'm faced with a small but long-time nuisance.
I frequently work remote from home using google remote desktop. I connect to my windows 10 PC and there I use vnc client to connect to my ubuntu 20.04 ...
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These icons are automatically changed like this. How can I remove these and replace original icon? in ubuntu 22.04.1
I want to reset it back to the way it was.
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Color saturation issue with Ubuntu 22.04 (and lower versions) + Samsung Smart TV
I'm having some display issues with the next software and hardware combinations:
OS: Ubuntu 22.04 (and other versions of Ubuntu)
Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Screen: Samsung UE32N4300
All ...
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Why are my screen colors slightly more saturated on X11 than Wayland?
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.1 on my 2012 MacBook Air 11 inch with a Core i7-3667U (with Intel integrated graphics). I use a custom ICC color profile when running Linux because the default colors are very ...
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Change accent colors options not available after upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04
I recently upgraded my OS from 20.04 to 22.04 (Jammy), and the accent colors that come as default in 22.04 is not available in my settings.
This is an image Screenshot of my settings
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File for background color
I need to find the file that controls the colors around the wallpaper image. Specifically when that image is scaled and there is a black border on the left and right side of the wallpaper image (See ...
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How can I get a proper dark mode working for Kate?
I can't seem to be able to get a proper
dark mode working for Kate.
The system is in dark mode, as configured in Settings -> Appearance -> Style.
In Kate, the default color scheme is Breeze Dark,...
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Any way to bring back the accent colored close button from 20.04 and previous in newer versions?
Accented Close Button in 20.04
Unaccented close button on 22.04
I was excited about the added ability to change the accent color without needing a custom theme, one of the prominent spots to see said ...
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Kubuntu 22.04 - konsole / bash no colors
I have a fresh kubuntu 22.04 installation.
In konsole all characters are displayed in the same color.
I used different color schemes but only one color is used.
I noted that in 22.04 the ~/.bashrc ...
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How to change font color in Ubuntu 22.04?
I want to change my system font to green lime.
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Ugly colors when secondary display connected
I have lenovo x220t laptop and when I boot ubuntu 20.04 LTS or 22.04 LTS, I get these ugly and flickering colors on my laptop screen whenever I have a secondary monitory connected to DisplayPort. The ...
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Color glitches in Chrome on ubuntu 22.04
I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 using VMware workstation 16. Then I installed google chrome and noticed color glitches. There would be a random blob of color would appear and block me from viewing ...
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Not-Colorful Screen
I am using Ubuntu 20.04, and my screen isn't colorful. I thought that I would go to the Color section in the settings app to choose a more colorful color profile, but apparently there is no such thing ...
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How to Change System Colors in Ubuntu 22.04
How does one change or customize the system / GUI colors and other properties (fonts, title bars, sliders, borders) for Ubuntu 22.04?
I have rooted around looking for the GUI app that one would ...
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Changing bash terminal color and setting it back to default?
I found this command to change the background color to back:
echo -ne '\e]11;#000000\e\\'
So, how to I make it to change the default again?
Thanks :3
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Command line: changing white balance & contracts of screen
I have I got modded Lenovo x230 with FHD screen via dock connection with board. One of the thing is, that colors are little off. Before reinstalling my OS, I had command line (I forgotten) which I use ...
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How to improve monitor saturation?
Recently I have installed Ubuntu on my laptop and noticed that colors are very dull and washed out and the color calibration option is grayed out.
-GPU: Intel UHD 620
-Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
-monitor: built ...
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Lubuntu 20.04 video streaming: colours too pale
Live streams of tv stations are paler than the actual tv programme. This seems to hold true for streaming in browsers (Firefox and Google Chrome) as well as VLC streams.
I have Lubuntu 20.04 (lxqt ...
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Colouring grep pattern match with a preferred colour
I am using the following pattern matching to colour in a preferred colour using tput.
| sed -r $"s/^==> .* <==$/$(tput setaf 46)&$(tput sgr0)/"
I wonder if I can do a similar ...
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Upgrading to 22.04 printer doesn't works in Color
After Ubuntu upgrade to 22.04, the printer Nashuatech Aficio MPC2051 print only in Black/White and doesn't print in COLOR mode:
I tried to reinstall drivers.
In Ubuntu printer setup if i select 'Color'...
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Alt + Tab - selected application hard to see 20.04.4 LTS
When using alt+tab or system+tab, I see icons of active applications. (Nearly, image with gimp, key printscreen don't work during alt+tab.) icons, selected icon with dark grey background Selected icon ...
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Color settings missing from Ubuntu 22.04
After installing Ubuntu 22.04 the colours on the laptop's monitor don't look right (they are pinkish compared to the external monitor).
According to this answer you need to change the colour profiles.
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Ubuntu 22.04 shows wrong colors
Before opening a bug I would like to know if anyone else has the following
Update from 18.04 to 22.04 with exactly the same hardware, nvidia GTX 1050ti graphics card and same monitor, while in 18.04 ...
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Printing with colour codes
I want to write some text in colour from a bash script, but the string " -s, --with-sequence" is not getting printed.
local rc="\e[0m"
local bfcode="\033[0;49;33m"
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How to use HdyStyleManager:color-scheme?
WSL version: 0.58.3.0 Kernel version: 5.10.102.1 WSLg version: 1.0.33
Description: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename:
jammy
When opening some programs, e.g. nautilus, I get the ...
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How do I calibrate Laptop screen in Ubuntu 22.04 OR How do I know what my current Color profile is?
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on an HP Laptop. In Settings, there is a section for Colors under which my Laptop Screen is Not calibrated and when I try to Calibrate it, the button is greyed out, as ...
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